James Macpherson
James Macpherson is a sought-after international speaker with a background in journalism at the Courier-Mail and Daily Telegraph. He previously pastored a significant church in Australia and South Africa. A well-recognised Australian journalist, James is a regular contributor to The Spectator and a host at Sky News. You can subscribe to receive all his articles on faith, culture and politics at his Substack.
Articles by James Macpherson:
14 October 2024
2.6 MINS
Europeans are a danger to Europe, according to a report by the European Council. The expert report, released the week before last, claimed “whiteness” and “Europeanness” posed an existential threat to the European Union.
11 October 2024
0.8 MINS
Fawzia Amin Sido was taken as a sex slave and held captive in Gaza, where she suffered a decade of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of a Palestinian she was forced to marry.
10 October 2024
1.7 MINS
Penny Wong has complained that more women must be allowed to address the United Nations General Assembly if world peace is ever to be achieved.
9 October 2024
1.6 MINS
Police posting police messages in the blue and white colours of the police force are now Islamophobes, according to Macquarie University’s Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
8 October 2024
1.7 MINS
Australia is now a place in which thousands of people openly support a terrorist by flaunting modified images of terrorists and terror symbols. While police insisted pro-Palestinian protestors had not done enough to be charged with supporting a terror group, Hezbollah praised protestors for their support.
5 October 2024
4.6 MINS
Islam has become a major problem in this country. And our politicians have neither the moral clarity nor the courage to do anything about it. The Federal Labor Government are trying to sit this one out. But in a battle between good and evil, to sit idly on the sidelines is to condemn the country to hell.
4 October 2024
3 MINS
Penny Wong's deft touch — by which I mean her total abandonment of moral clarity — has become a unifying touchstone for all Australians. By insisting Israel has a right to defend itself, she angers the Muslims. And then, by cleverly chastising Israel every time they defend themselves, she angers the Jews.
3 October 2024
4.2 MINS
Foreign Minister Penny Wong went to the United Nations last week, and berated the Middle East’s only liberal democracy for ‘not playing fair'. While it’s a given that everyone wants peace, the Israelis might be well advised to ignore everything our government says.
2 October 2024
2.4 MINS
Opposing the left’s assault on the culture may be viewed as a negative, but it is in defence of a deeper positive — protection for families, communities, human rights and faith in the face of political and cultural chaos.
25 September 2024
3.1 MINS
Has the Department of Justice just put a bounty on Donald Trump’s head? The DOJ released a letter from would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, offering a $150,000 reward for anyone who “finished the job”.
20 September 2024
3.3 MINS
I watched on in despair last week as Pope Francis told an interfaith gathering in Singapore that the Christian faith was just one of many roads to God. Do people not realise the enormous danger in this?
18 September 2024
1.7 MINS
A man who threw hot coffee over a 9-month-old baby escaped authorities thanks to political correctness. Police asked the public to help them locate the man they described as “tan”. They left it up to us to guess that “tan” meant “Asian”.
17 September 2024
3 MINS
Ryan Routh, brandishing an AK47, was able to get within 400m of Trump as he played a round of golf not far from his Mar-a-Lago home. Two assassination attempts in two months. Is it me? Or is this now becoming a pattern? The Democrats have murder on their minds.
11 September 2024
3.4 MINS
This is the problem that afflicts modern Western culture. We are more concerned about protecting a group’s feelings than about genuinely helping them.
10 September 2024
1.3 MINS
Men cannot breastfeed babies. And nor should they try. So sue me. Well, actually, that’s exactly what one transgendered woman has done to a breastfeeding expert who dared to assert — as I have — that men have no business throwing a bub on the breast.
9 September 2024
3 MINS
Queers for Palestine got a little reality check last week. Our ambassador in Iran was given a dressing down for an Instagram post promoting homosexuality. You see, homosexuality is illegal in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
6 September 2024
2 MINS
Christian minister Bishop Karen Oliveto decided to campaign against “Islamophobia” by declaring that “We are all Muslims”. Bishop Oliveto’s stance is typical of those who enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought.
5 September 2024
4.3 MINS
Eminent biologist Richard Dawkins believes rising cases of mental illness are attributable to the “astonishing rate” of technological change. While Dawkins’ comments on rapidly changing technology might have some validity, his recent comments on Christianity deserve far more thought.
4 September 2024
2.7 MINS
The Albanese Government has abandoned plans to include questions about sexual preference in the Census in order to preserve social cohesion. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the decision to ditch LGBTQ questions was about “avoiding nastiness”.
3 September 2024
5.1 MINS
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Indigenous population has exploded from 548,370 in 2011 to 812,728 in 2021. The sooner we remove race as a qualifier for government assistance, the sooner Aboriginal people will be helped.





